Burner for gas heaters



H. KIELBERG- v BURNER FOR GAS HEAIERS. APPLICATION FILED APR. I2, 1922.

'[iwen for Patented Dec. 5,1922.

Patented Dec. 5, 1922., I

' HENBY KIELBERG, orl imariiv's rnamz, oHIo, nssrsivoaro 'WHITAKER-GLESsN-ER- COMPANY, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF'WEST VIRGINIA.

BURNER FOB GAS HEATERS.

. Application filed April 12,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY KLELBERG, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of'Martins Ferry, county of Bel mont, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burners for Gas Heaters, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates broadly to gas burners, and more specifically to burner grids for gas heaters.

The primary object of the invention is to I provide an improved form of grid for gas burners of the character employed in association with the clay radiants of gas heat-- ing stoves. I

A further object is to provide a grid of the character referred to having simple and improved means whereby it is mounted in place in a heater. I 1

In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a gridcOnstructed in accordance with my invention, the same being shown mounted,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the grid; and- Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line- 33, Fig. 1. I

Referring to said drawings, 1' and 2 indicate upper and lowersheet-metal companion members constituting a burner support for gas heaters. Said members have therein registering apertures ofcircular: form and have the edges encircling said openings flanged in opposite directions to provide therebetween a circular dove-tail channel 4 in which is received a correspondingly shaped rib or annulus 3 formed upon the lower portion of the body '5 of a one-piece cast-metal grid, whereby said grid is stationarily supported.

Provided in the upper face of said grid body 5 is a central basin-like cavity 6 of considerable depth, and leading radially in- ,ward'through the upper cavity-encircling edge of said body and communicating at their inner ends with said cavity are numerous grooves or channels 7 separating up-' right equispaced spurs 8 having a circular 1922 seriai No. 551,861.

sages through whichigasis directed upward.

arrangement. Extending vertically through the grid body and having their upper ends opening outward through the spurs Sare' small bores'9 whichconstitute ports or pas-'- 'A circular wall offlame is created when the gas issuing from the ports or passages 9 is ignited. The radial channels 7 allow of an inrush of air to the central. cavityL,-6

whence saidair rises within the confines of cavityin-itsupperface and provided with a a plurality of'uprig t gas passages arranged in enc rcling relation to sa d cavity, the

cavity-encircling upper face of said body having radial channels located intermediate said gas passages and communicating at theirfinner ends with said cavity, said chm.

nelsconstituting' passages for air. I 2. A grid for radiant-heaters consisting of a circular metal body havinga plurality of circularly-arranged.gas passages opening upward therethrough adjacent to its outer edge and having a concavity in ltS upper face 1 located. inward ofsaid passages, said bodyibeing also provided intermediate the various gas passages with radial air passages which open into saidroncavity.

3.--A grid for radiant heater's'fconsisting a of a-circular metal body having an annular seating rib, said body hav ng a plurality of gas-passages opening upward therethrough adj acent t-oits :outer edge and having a concavity in its/upper face located inward with respect to said passages, and radially extending channels formed in said upper facev be;

tween-the, various passages, said channels opening into said concavity} and constituting air passages. I A

4. In a gas heater, a' burner support comprising a-pair of superposed sheet metal members provided withregi'stering openings,

the opening-defining edges of said members I being flanged in opposite directions to form a circular dove-tail channel, and a circular grid carried by said members, said grid con sisting ofa circular body having an annular. I

dove-tail rib seated in said channel, said and said radial channels forming passages 10 body having a plurality of vertical gas pasfor'air.

sages extending therethrough adjacent to its In testimony whereof, I afiiX my signature outer edge and havinga central concavity in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

in its upper face, the portion of said face which encircles said concavity being ser- HENRY KIELBERG' rated by the provision of alternate radial Witnesses: channels and upright spurs, said gas pas- G. 0. SMITH, sages opening upward through said spurs, H. E. DUNLAP. 

